Primary Things to do during Chinese Spring Festival
The Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year, is the most important festival for people in China and other neighboring countries, comparable to Christmas in the West. Family members try every Read more »
Tai Ji Quan---- Internal Martial Art
Tai Ji Quanis a major division of Chinese martial art. Literally, Tai Ji Quan means "supreme ultimate fist"; Tai means "supreme", Ji means "ultimate", and Quan means "fist." Tai Ji Quan has its ph Read more »
Shaolin Kungfu (Shaolin Martial Art)
Shaolin Kungfu (Shaolin Martial Art) is one of the most influential genres of Chinese martial arts, and it's named after where it originated -- the Shaolin Temple, founded in 495 AD on the Songshan M Read more »
Also dubbed Luantan, Qinqiang Opera is a local Chinese opera that mainly thrives in north China's Shaanxi Province, as well as its neighboring regions in Northwest China, like Gansu and Qinghai provi Read more »
Chongqing hot and sour noodle is famous for its lightness compared with regular flour noodles . Made from sweet potato powder, it enjoys popularity thoughout the country. Usually costing less than Read more »
Traditional Custom for Chinese Women----Zuo Yue zi
Zuoyuezi , word referring to the first month after women give birth to a baby . It is a vital time period in their mind that need to pay much attention to. A Chinese woman is encouraged to zuo yue zi Read more »
Kunqu Opera is one of the oldest forms of opera still existing in China, with its origins dating back to the end of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). It has distinguished itself by the virtuosity of its Read more »
Chinese Illustrious Civilization
China, along with ancient Egypt, Babylon, and India, is known as one of the four great ancient civilizations of the world. The distinctive culture that arose in China was both far-reaching and highly Read more »
"Misfortunes of a nation may turn out to be fortunes of a philosopher," noted Qian Mu, a renowned expert in Chinese cultural studies. The sentence vividly summarizes ancient Chinese philosopher Read more »
Shandong clapper ballad is a very typical folk art form of story-telling of rhyme-singing performance. It is also called "Wu Laoer", as in its early period it mainly performed the stories of Wu Song Read more »
Summer Palace landscape, dominated mainly by Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, covers an area of 2.9 square kilometers, three quarters of which is under water. Its 70,000 square meters of bu Read more »
Corner Towers of the Fobidden City
Corner towers 角楼of the Forbidden City were established in 1420, rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). As one part of the Forbidden City, they served as the defense facility just as the lofty walls Read more »
Traditional Chinese Pamistry , a Way of Assessing Personality
Palmistry is a method of counselling that originated in India over 3,000 years ago. It is a part of a vast field of study, referred to as Samudrik Shastra, which literally means the ocean of knowledg Read more »
Maijing (The Pulse Classic, 脉经), compiled by Wang Shuhe in the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316), is the first extant book specializing in sphygmology in China, and a summing-up of the knowledge on sphyg Read more »
Introduction of Zhejiang Cuisine
Hangzhou cuisine is characterized by its elaborate preparation and varying techniques of cooking, such as sauteing, stewing, and stir- and deep-frying. Hangzhou food tastes fresh and crisp, varying Read more »
Lantern Festival that falls on January 15th of Chinese lunar calendar is also called Shangyuan Festival. It is the first full moon night in the Chinese lunar year, symbolizing the coming b Read more »
Chinese Soup ----Traditional Food Therapy
SOUPS and stews are standard fare in winter but for Chinese, soup is very important food therapy. Traditional Cantonese energy-reinforcing soup (bao tang) is especially popular because it tastes good Read more »
Yi Quan or the mentality Chuan, also called Da cheng Quan, was created by Wang Xiangzhai during the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1875-1908) of the Qing Dynasty. Wang (1885-1963) was born in Shen Read more »
The Only Emperor in Chinese History----Wu Zetian
Wu Zetian was the only female emperor in the Chinese feudal dynasties spanning more than 4,000 years. With exceptional wisdom and great talent, she was a cruel and merciless woman, who woul Read more »
Also known as Sun Wu's Military Science" or Art of War by Master Sun of Wu, Master Sun's The Art of War (孙子兵法) was written by Su Wu of the State of Qi duringthe later years of the Spring and Autumn P Read more »
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